Struggling to lose weight. Ain't lost since April!

Are you weighing your food with a food scale? Tightening up your logging and accuracy should help.

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jayseanfaith wrote: »

No I'm doing slimming world so you don't weigh nothing, I'm logging what I eat on here 2 count my calories and I'm always under. It's just so frustrating I done no carbs last week and stayed the same again!

Maybe you should start weighing your food then, since it's not working.

You might find this topic interesting: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10185894/shocked-at-slimming-world-meals/p1

Start weighing your food and maybe try a different diet such as the 5:2 diet (which is what I am doing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Aj6hRYg4A

ane966 wrote: »

You are not exercising enough - you've got to move and when you're tired, move some more. Sorry, but it's really all it boils down to - exercise for an hour and try to do it every day. Keep it up and remember, even maintaining is better than gaining! Good Luck!!

You don't have to exercise to lose weight, just eat in a calorie deficit. It's healthy, sure, but it won't help much without knowing whether or not you're eating over your goal.

TimothyFish wrote: »

yopeeps025 wrote: »

jayseanfaith wrote: »

No I'm doing slimming world so you don't weigh nothing, I'm logging what I eat on here 2 count my calories and I'm always under. It's just so frustrating I done no carbs last week and stayed the same again!

How do you know how much you eat to the calorie without weighing foods?

While you have a larger margin of error when you don't weigh your food, weighing your food also has a margin of error. You don't know how much you eat "to the calorie" when you weigh your food either. Not losing weight is a sign that someone is under estimating calorie intake, but correcting it doesn't require that they start weighing their food.

OP said that she is under whatever goal for slimming world is. Yet she hasn't lost weight for 2 months. So you comment would be find where you can keep cutting out foods rather than get a scale to have a better idea of how much you eat.

I'm sure OP doesn't want to waste more time doing it your way of guessing foods and portion sizes when 60 days is a long time of not getting anywhere closer to your goals.

No ones says you need a food scale to lose weight. No one will say using a scale didn't help make it easier to lose weight. No one says I plateau just as much as I did before using a food scale to when using a food scale.

Now let get to the real thing. Everyone here knows that you don't want to use a food scale which is fine. But in doing that you better not make a thread about being stuck losing your last bit of weight because you know what your comments will say.

yopeeps025 wrote: »

TimothyFish wrote: »

yopeeps025 wrote: »

jayseanfaith wrote: »

No I'm doing slimming world so you don't weigh nothing, I'm logging what I eat on here 2 count my calories and I'm always under. It's just so frustrating I done no carbs last week and stayed the same again!

How do you know how much you eat to the calorie without weighing foods?

While you have a larger margin of error when you don't weigh your food, weighing your food also has a margin of error. You don't know how much you eat "to the calorie" when you weigh your food either. Not losing weight is a sign that someone is under estimating calorie intake, but correcting it doesn't require that they start weighing their food.

OP said that she is under whatever goal for slimming world is. Yet she hasn't lost weight for 2 months. So you comment would be find where you can keep cutting out foods rather than get a scale to have a better idea of how much you eat.

I'm sure OP doesn't want to waste more time doing it your way of guessing foods and portion sizes when 60 days is a long time of not getting anywhere closer to your goals.

No ones says you need a food scale to lose weight. No one will say using a scale didn't help make it easier to lose weight. No one says I plateau just as much as I did before using a food scale to when using a food scale.

Now let get to the real thing. Everyone here knows that you don't want to use a food scale which is fine. But in doing that you better not make a thread about being stuck losing your last bit of weight because you know what your comments will say.

The OP can use a food scale if she likes, but whether she uses a food scale or just eats less, the end result is the same. The problem isn't that she doesn't know what she is eating, but whatever she is eating, that is more than she thinks it is.

TimothyFish wrote: »

yopeeps025 wrote: »

TimothyFish wrote: »

yopeeps025 wrote: »

jayseanfaith wrote: »

No I'm doing slimming world so you don't weigh nothing, I'm logging what I eat on here 2 count my calories and I'm always under. It's just so frustrating I done no carbs last week and stayed the same again!

How do you know how much you eat to the calorie without weighing foods?

While you have a larger margin of error when you don't weigh your food, weighing your food also has a margin of error. You don't know how much you eat "to the calorie" when you weigh your food either. Not losing weight is a sign that someone is under estimating calorie intake, but correcting it doesn't require that they start weighing their food.

OP said that she is under whatever goal for slimming world is. Yet she hasn't lost weight for 2 months. So you comment would be find where you can keep cutting out foods rather than get a scale to have a better idea of how much you eat.

I'm sure OP doesn't want to waste more time doing it your way of guessing foods and portion sizes when 60 days is a long time of not getting anywhere closer to your goals.

No ones says you need a food scale to lose weight. No one will say using a scale didn't help make it easier to lose weight. No one says I plateau just as much as I did before using a food scale to when using a food scale.

Now let get to the real thing. Everyone here knows that you don't want to use a food scale which is fine. But in doing that you better not make a thread about being stuck losing your last bit of weight because you know what your comments will say.

The OP can use a food scale if she likes, but whether she uses a food scale or just eats less, the end result is the same. The problem isn't that she doesn't know what she is eating, but whatever she is eating, that is more than she thinks it is.

So you suggest that she does what exactly? Eat less move more?

If OP is eating more than she thinks than why make this thread about not losing. She clearly does not know how much she is eating. That is the point of the food scale. To have a better idea of calorie intake than just guessing and eating less than the guessing.

Also your end result is incorrect. If OP was using a food scale from the start I doubt she would not lose weight for a whole two months. If it was the case than her correct food log would show why.

ane966 wrote: »

You are not exercising enough - you've got to move and when you're tired, move some more. Sorry, but it's really all it boils down to - exercise for an hour and try to do it every day. Keep it up and remember, even maintaining is better than gaining! Good Luck!!

Nope. While I feel that my life has vastly improved since I began working out every day, exercise is more for fitness than for weight loss. (OP never mentioned whether or not she works out until after you commented, btw, so idk where this came from.) A person who is bedbound can lose weight, as long as they consume less than they expend just living.

OP, great job on your loss to date! But you are probably overestimating your calories. Let me +1 the suggestion to purchase a scale and weigh and log everything, including free SW foods. You have maintained your weight loss , but this plan isn't working for you anymore.

kshama2001 wrote: »

girlwithcurls2 wrote: »

diannethegeek wrote: »

You might find this topic interesting: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10185894/shocked-at-slimming-world-meals/p1

This.

And based on your profile pic and ticker, you have 24 pounds left to lose? Where are those coming from? Do you have size 17 feet or something? Sounds like an unrealistic goal.

It may not be a current picture. I weigh at least 15 pounds more in my picture but haven't bothered to change it. Conversely, I imagine lots of people use skinny pictures for motivation.

Not this guy. I am smaller than all my pictures not.

There was a post on here about Slimmimg World the other day, someone was saying that it had helped initially but when they were done to the last bit of weight it wasn't working as well.

You've had a good loss so far though, 17lbs in about 4.5 months, so 0.5-1lb a week on average. With 24lbs to go, I'd set MFP to lose 0.5lbs a week. Obviously try to be more accurate with logging. I'm interested if you've done anything different in the past 2 months? Everyone is saying 'use a food scale', but you lost 17lbs prior to the stall in weight loss, so what changed?

I know people say exercise isn't necessary, but I lose so much faster with exercise.

In your picture you look great. Keep in mind that muscle weighs more than fat. Also the closer you get to your goal the slower your weight loss. 1 pound a week at your size might not be realistic.

In another thread you said you cut carbs and are losing, so which is it?